Pac Man
Pellet-eating circle
Pac-Man is a 1980 arcade video game in which players guide a yellow, circular character through a maze, eating dots while avoiding ghosts.
The character's mouth opens and closes as it moves, creating its distinctive chomping appearance.
The name has become shorthand for voracious consumption: The company Pac-Manned its way through smaller competitors.
- arcade gameToken-operated entertainment machine
- Donkey KongNintendo's barrel-hurling simian
- mazePuzzle of passages
- pixel artImages built from visible squares
- joystickTilting lever for control
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